“I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out.”
BILL HICKS,
1961-1994

Originally Posted by Jean Paula-Satire

Never believe that the GOP and fellow bigots are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The bigots and Republicans have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past and that besides, they have already won

As far as the pony goes... I guess the answer is: YES.
You can have Ray.
Although he is really more of the donkey/ass persuasion.
I hear he is a fun ride.

Now, for the aikidoka... Do you want an actual aikidoka like Morito Suganuma 8th dan?
OR the aikidoka uniform.
One of those two is a possibility.

(1)cool !

(2)either will do .

“I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out.”
BILL HICKS,
1961-1994

Originally Posted by Jean Paula-Satire

Never believe that the GOP and fellow bigots are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The bigots and Republicans have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past and that besides, they have already won

I was so busy training I didn't read this thread's last two or three comments or know why we are suppose to look busy . :911flag:

Actually I really did spend the afternoon refurbishing my indoor punching bag . You see about a year ago the padding failed in my wavemaster and left a depression in my shin bone that matches the curve of the thick plastic core . I had not touched it since that week and yes the impression is still here on my shin . Just not nearly as pronounced .

The same week as the padding failed I stripped all the old dry rotted foam off .

* pictures unavailable *

When a couple of my training buddies took off to LA for a Christian Fundamentalist Rehad one gave my outdoor bag to a training partner who lives about 45 minutes out of town . Yeah .... I came home a couple days ago and it was gone , he said he thought it would be ok .

So me , a roll of hemp cord , and my trusty glue gun went to work with heavy duty fresh foam and the original plastic core . Mainly out of the frustration of not having something to strike full force .

This is the first layer . The green foam is super stiff while the yellow foam is a little softer , but two or three times thicker . I have three more layers of two different types of foam with progressively tighter (and numbers of ) loops of hemp cord around each layer .
damn it ... i had it sitting upside down on the couch ... grrr .

Laugh all you want now . It will be a work of functional art when I am done ... damn it .

Stage 2 will be 3 overlapping 2 inch thick panels of foam and about 75 yards of hemp . That is about 25-35 yards there in the picture .
:bully:

“I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out.”
BILL HICKS,
1961-1994

Originally Posted by Jean Paula-Satire

Never believe that the GOP and fellow bigots are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The bigots and Republicans have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past and that besides, they have already won

I call Bullshit , I have two ears 36 knives and two pints of absinthe left . There is no way in hell I qualify .

*edit *

a little more than 3/4 of a pint left ...

tee hee hee hee hee
:XXphyhsas

Last edited by BackFistMonkey; 5/09/2007 12:53am at .

“I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out.”
BILL HICKS,
1961-1994

Originally Posted by Jean Paula-Satire

Never believe that the GOP and fellow bigots are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The bigots and Republicans have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past and that besides, they have already won